Timberwolves: Fouling out put the steam in Stiemsma

DENVER -- Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman was informed before the team's game against Denver on Thursday night, Jan. 3, that backup center Greg Stiemsma went straight to the locker room when he fouled out with 3:15 left in the fourth quarter of the Wolves' loss at Utah on Wednesday night.

Five seconds before Stiemsma picked up his sixth foul, he and Utah reserve center Alec Burks were assessed double fouls for pushing each other.

An angry Stiemsma walked right past the Wolves bench to the locker room when he fouled out, ending a frustrating night in which he played only eight minutes and finished with two points and one rebound.

Adelman said he didn't see Stiemsma's exit but said he didn't "have an issue with it."

"He was upset," Adelman said of Stiemsma. "If I could have, I would have walked off too. If I had noticed it, I might have followed him. I wasn't real happy with those officials anyway."